The Researchers Abroad internationalisation programme of the Walter Ahlström Foundation, the Foundation for Economic Education, the Nokia Foundation and the KAUTE Foundation awarded grants to 21 applicants in the 2026 call, for a total amount of €638,350. A total of 135 applications were submitted in the spring 2026 call, resulting in a success rate of 15.5%.
A total of 28 applications were submitted to the Foundation for Economic Education, amounting to €753,580. The awarded grants are allocated to five research visits to foreign universities. In the spring 2026 call, the Foundation for Economic Education awarded a total of €103,000 in grants.
Grants for research visits were awarded to:
MSc Heejae Jun, €40,000
Team Creativity in Songwriting Camps as Temporary Organizations.
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
DSc (Econ) Jenni Laaksonen, €4,000
Nature-centric accounting: Examining and developing the production of climate accounts.
University of Innsbruck, Austria
MSc Mushonnifun Faiz Sugihartanto, €24,000
Socially Responsible Procurement in Coffee Supply Chains: Emerging Countries Perspectives.
WU Vienna, Austria
MSc Veronika Vránska, €22,000
Regenerative Entrepreneurship in Natural Disaster–Affected Socio-Ecological Systems.
RMIT University, College of Business and Law, Melbourne, Australia
MSc Kanying Xu, €13,000
Information Aggregation in Financial Markets and Its Implications for Asset Pricing.
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
The Researchers Abroad programme offers grants for research in technology and business studies conducted abroad. Its purpose is to support researchers in these fields who seek to carry out ambitious research at high-quality international universities or research institutions. Applicants must hold at least a Master’s degree, but the grant may also be suitable for early-stage postdoctoral researchers. Researchers working in companies are also eligible to apply. The programme is coordinated by the KAUTE Foundation.
Read more about the programme on its website: Researchers Abroad
